Saturday, 28 October 2017

Foundation of medicine and foundation of illness

Ibn Rajab reports that classical Arab doctors used to say:

الْحَمِيَّةُ رَأْسُ الدَّوَاءِ وَالْبِطْنَةُ رَأْسُ الدَّاءِ

Diet is the foundation of medicine and the stomach is the foundation of illness.

Source: Jāmi’ al-‘Ulūm wal-Ḥikam 2/468

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